Motor-carriage.



No. 694,470. Patented Mar. 4, I902,

U. GDUCHON.

MOTOR CARRIAGE.

(Applicatio'n fllod 3m. 15, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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CHARLES GOUOHON, OF LISIEUX, FRANCE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,470, dated March 4, 1902.

Application filed January 15, 1901. Serial No. 43,344. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GoUoHoN, a

' citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Aller du Bouloir, Lisieux, France, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Motor-Carriages, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable others skilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a motor-carriage of .the fore-carriage type with a motor carried by the fore carriage and mounted thereon and connected with the fore wheels in such manner that while motion may be transmitted to such wheels of varying rates of speed, irrespective of the speed of rotation of the motor, the motor or motors will move in unison with the frame carrying the traction-wheels as the same is vibrated horizontally in the act of steering the vehicle. Such invention is fully shown and described in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, wherein similar letters of reference designate like or equivalent parts wherever found throughout theseveral views, and in whichi I Figure 1 is a front view of thefront portion Fig. 2 is a side View of that portion of the construction shown in Fig. 2, Fig.3 being a top' plan view of the rotating frame upon' which the motor or motors are mounted.

In the usual form of carriage which I prefer I use two motors a, which motors a are connected together by a cross-piece b, which is connected to the vertical spindle d, carrying the steering-wheel 0.

The motors a, are mounted on. the top of the crown-plate e, which is suitably cut away for allowing the transmission-belt f to pass, as is also thelower supporting-plate p. of cone-pulleysg, which are keyed onto a shaft h, common to both motors a, and on a similar set of:cone-pulleys 'i,keyedj on the counter-shaftj.

This belt runs'on a set The crown-plate e is mounted on a similar lower plate 19, which is fixed rigidly to the frame is. The advantages of this particular arrangement of crown-plate cut away as mentioned are that turning of the vehicle can be effected in such a manner that the wheel on that side of the vehicle toward which the turn is being made pivots on its rim and that by means of a suitable handle the speed may be controlled at will without the aid of toothed gear,whicl1 is always complicated and carriage above thedisk thereof so as to move' inunison therewith, and gearing passing through the central portion of the two disks and forming an actuating connection between the motor and the traction-wheels, substantially'as shown and described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a fifth-wheel consisting of two disks having central openings, the lower supported by the rear carriage and the upper by the fore carriage, means carried by the fore. carriage for turning the same upon the fifth-wheel connection for steering purposes, two traction-wheels carried by the fore carriage, a motor located above the fifth-wheel, a differential pulley rotated by the motor, a differential pulley in actuating connection with the traction-wheels,-and a belt passing through the openings of the fifth-wheels and forming an actuating connection between the two differential pulleys, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of December, 1900.

CHARLES GOUOHON.

Witnesses:

ALFRED LEOPOLD LAVACHE, ALFRED MARTIN. 

